June 1st, International Children’s Day, is approaching – a perfect occasion to remind everyone about the importance of children’s rights and their well-being.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
Institutional players are entering the dram-denominated government debt market in Armenia, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
The Central Bank of Armenia expects inflation to return to the target level in the medium term, said Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan, answering a question from the ARKA news agency.
There are two main risks for the financial stability of Armenia: one is associated with external factors, the other with internal processes, said the Chairman of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan, presenting the financial stability report for 2025.
Professional media covering the economy and financial sector, such as ARKA news agency, play a vital role in increasing public financial literacy and awareness.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
June 1st, International Children’s Day, is approaching – a perfect occasion to remind everyone about the importance of children’s rights and their well-being.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
Institutional players are entering the dram-denominated government debt market in Armenia, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
The Central Bank of Armenia expects inflation to return to the target level in the medium term, said Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan, answering a question from the ARKA news agency.
There are two main risks for the financial stability of Armenia: one is associated with external factors, the other with internal processes, said the Chairman of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan, presenting the financial stability report for 2025.
Professional media covering the economy and financial sector, such as ARKA news agency, play a vital role in increasing public financial literacy and awareness.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
Converse Bank completed the allocation of bonds ahead of schedule and has already listed its AMD and USD denominated bonds with the volume of 3 billion and 10 million respectively
The World Bank’s Board approved last week a new EUR 92.3 million (US$100 million equivalent) loan for the Armenia Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development Policy Operation (DPO)
Individual money transfers to Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in 2022 amounted to $26.5bn, which is 1.9 times higher than in 2021, according to the Eurasian Development Bank's (EDB) estimates
The Russian exodus triggered by Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has put the currencies of former Soviet republics at the top of global rankings this year, Russian RBC said quoting Bloomberg
Inflation in Armenia slowed down to 8.8% y/y in November 2022 from 9.5% y/y a month earlier, according to the weekly review of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is able to invest an average of $100 million a year in projects in Armenia. Deputy Chairman of the EDB Board Denis Ilyin said at a press conference in Almaty on Friday
Russian VTB Bank has launched a cross-border money transfer service by phone number to so-called 'friendly' countries, TASS reported citing the press service of the bank
Armenia and Kazakhstan may become new destinations for cross-border money transfers through the Rapid Payments System (RPS), two sources in the payment market told Russian daily ‘Izvestiya’
Armenian Finance Minister Tigran Khachatryan had a working meeting on Monday with a delegation led by the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission in Armenia mission Iva Petrova, the ministry's press service reported
Starting from October 12, 2022, Tinkoff Bank's clients will be able to receive SWIFT money transfers in US dollars and euros from banks of three CIS countries - Armenia Azerbaijan, as well as Halyk Bank of Uzbekistan, Russian business daily Kommersant reported
In June 2022, Russian households transferred a record $4.65 billion to their accounts in foreign banks, the Russian business daily ‘Kommersant’ says, citing statistics from the Central Bank of Russia
